Comparable Changes in Northern New England 



The decline in rural-farm population which has been proceeding in New 

 Hampshire is also characteristic of the neighboring states of Maine and 

 Vermont. The rate of decline since 1930 has been less in New Hampshire 

 than in the other states. Vermont leads the way with a 27.5 percent decline 

 in rural farm population and a decline in all rural residents (Table 7). 



Table 7. Percentage Change of Rural and Urban Population in the 

 Northern New England States between 1930 and 1950 



State 



Urban 



Rural-nonfarm 



Rural-farm 



Total Rural 



Maine 



New Hampshire 



Vermont 



16.5 

 10.3 

 15.9 



32.5 

 36.0 

 23.3 



-24.1 



-17.4 

 -27.5 



13.3 



20.7 

 -0.3 



Location of Urban and Rural Population 



The highest proportion of the urban population is located in Hills- 

 borough County and the highest proportion of farm dwellers is in Rocking- 

 ham and Grafton counties. Table 8 provides a percentage distribution of the 

 New Hampshire population by counties, and urban, farm, and nonfarm 

 dwellers. 



Table 8. Percent Urban, Rural, Rural-farm, and Rural-nonfarm Population 

 in New Hampshire by Counties 



The number of people living in the ten counties is given in Table 9. 



Table 9. Location of Urban and Rural Dwellers by Counties 

 of New Hampshire in 1950 



